Up to 60 today. Sunny. Upper 30s overnight. Trees started running yesterday after Noon and ran all night. We considered collecting yesterday, but thought if we waited until today we could get the complete run. Checked the woods by 11:30 AM. Buckets had a lot of sap. A few overflowing. We divided those into other buckets with less sap.
Started collecting at 2:00 PM because we knew had had a lot of sap and it takes about 45 minutes to empty the tank with transfer pump. Our fast transfer pump in currently broken. Finished collecting by 5:30 PM.
Into the woods by 9:30 AM. Worked on pressure vessel cap. We did get new O-rings ordered from Grainger. Cleaned the syrup pan this afternoon before collecting.
It doesn’t freeze tonight, but tomorrow is cooler. Forecast is around 40.
We hope the R/O will work tomorrow without leaks and good performance from the membrane. It will be a long day of 10+ hours with the R/O. Much longer without the R/O. With the problems during the past two times using the R/O we have some apprehension.
Back to the farmhouse by 5:45 PM.